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Hey Everyone,
I am doing a part time MBA program and for one of the coursework I am trying to understand the challenges people faced while transitioning from WFH to Back to office model.
I've created a small questionnaire and will really appreciate if you can spare 10 minutes of your time for the same.
https://forms.gle/88RvEWMhGdbRN2ob9
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Do you have ‘open for jobs’ on? Also make sure to have a few key words / skills added (data analysis, leading cross functional teams, agile, …)
Yes. I agree you should change the status in linked in to open for work but only visible to recruiters. Unless you work for a company who’s name may or may not sound like a radio station, then you have recruiters stalk your team to look for people trying to leave.
How many recruiters are you connected with on LinkedIn?
Also review your profile and make sure it contains the right trigger words for where you want to go (Google can help you here).
Put the effort in and they will call you. Remember recruiters are fundamentally lazy and you have to do most of the work for them.
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~600 connections and I know for sure at least 15 recruiters, there’s probably a few more connections I’ve accepted that I don’t know about. They used to reach out during my first 2 years of working but in the last year I’ve only had 1 person reach out.
Will try to revise my profile. Thanks!
Start to add some recruiters/head hunters in your LinkedIn specialized in the type of find people for the role you're looking for. And follow some job pages. And update your LinkedIn page from time to time.
Do they add back random people? Or should I add a note?
The pandemic tech craze has died out and unicorns are dying off quickly. Those startups are in the shedding stage so your skill set while valuable, may have been better appreciated a year ago.
This is also the time time in your career you have at least a lean towards a specialty. That means reframing your resume to showcase your specialty. I work with a few senior associates with similar credentials and they just don’t know where to specialize.
Ummm.... okay so don't take this the wrong way but your profile might suck balls. I am
-from just a decent (not one of the "preferred schools") business school in the UK
-no Big4/MBB/Acn experience (i have now joined one of these firms though, but it's not on my Linkedin at the moment)
-just a few small certifications from Coursera (just some SQL/Tableau/Python courses, no full specializations or prof certifications)
-I do have a BS in Mechatronics Engineering (Robotics/Automation) background though, from a South Asian country (no, not the first country name that came to your mind, think of its' neighbour lol), so that degree gives me an edge I suppose.
But I was headhunted by Deloitte and Meta, and was approached by recruiters from PwC, Amazon and a couple of others to apply for their firms too. And I have very few of their recruiters added. The only reason I can think for a newbie like me is getting this much attention is because I have worked on my profile at least a little bit above average.
So my advice would be to actually do the profile right! Don't just chase recruiters and add people blindly to grow your network. Add the right people, follow the right pages of your field, write a precise impactful headline, maybe write a semi-okay Bio too (although very few people read that) and post once in a while as well. Just remember things won't change overnight, even if you do all these things it will be a slow and steady change. Heck, I used to get an average of 10 recruiters' request/messages per week but with your cushy Ivy League background etc and a properly made profile, your numbers would be way wayyyy up when you turn that "open to work" on! Go get em tiger!
Oh yeah, imagine that huh. But then again, its a vowel so its used quite often while writing English I think.
you have to connect with recruiters and ask them explicitly about the job openings. This is how I got interviews in some European countries. Also, check the local job boards which recruiters prefer more than linkedin. Linkedin is mostly for global recruitement
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I just did some researching and apparently how your profile is pushed to recruiters is dependent on an algorithm that factors in how often you respond to InMails… so I think because I ignored the many messages in the beginning of my career, I’m no longer being pushed as much. Anyone hear of anything like this?
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That’s BS. Recruiters look for keywords, past experiences, …
Sure there may be some niche metric like described above but that wont hurt you.
Make sure to have the “open to new opportunities” turned on. I just have mine visible to recruiters. I would also check your experience and make sure you highlight and articulate what you did in a similar manner to how you do on a resume.
The LI algorithm is important. At least a few years ago, it weighted you based on activity, connections, and whether/not you follow the company. The higher your score on the algorithm, the higher you are pushed up to the top of the search, and thus the more likely the recruiter is to reach out.